Just this past week I got an interesting note from a very savvy and forward thinking PR professional. Hi Tim, I noticed your HARO request a few weeks back on new media resources available for travel…
Read more →Here are two chances to meet one of the most known travel-writers in the industry today: NY Times Frugal Traveler Matt Gross will be telling stories of his experience traveling around the world and…
Read more →Founded in 1960, the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) is an association of over 270 professional writers, editors, photographers, producers, radio and television presenters involved in the world of…
Read more →"Glimpse" -- National Geographic 's new print and online platform (urr...magazine?) is looking for people aged between 18-30 who plan to spend at least 10-weeks studying abroad from August 15-December 30,…
Read more →Symphony Space was kind enough to send us a copy of their new Travel Tales compact disc collection so I thought I'd share it with everyone. The collection is made up of short travel clips (the combined…
Read more →A couple of months ago, I had the privilege to join the Matador Travel Community . I first found it talked about on Craigslist as a community for people interested in travel, music & art, writing &…
Read more →I've always wanted to have my own travel television show. A show that everyone would watch and say 'hey, I can do that for my next holiday, it's just what I would love, and can afford', rather than say…
Read more →Gina Trapani , the kick ass editor of Lifehacker and the author of Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day opens her guru vault to share tips on how to get your own wisdom spun from blog to…
Read more →Books Free is the Netflix of the lit world. It just came to my inbox, but they've already been in the news . Pay a montly fee, make a list of books that you want, Booksfree sends it to you, then you…
Read more →Hey authors, before you sign that book deal, make sure to ask your publisher if their marketing plan includes doing a book video. Also called Vid Lit, it should be no surprise that with YouTube being the…
Read more →Handmade things seem to be all the rage these days. Can we attribute it to all the craft bloggers? I would love to think so. I was surfing around and this site caught me totally off guard. Homemade…
Read more →I was thrilled to get an email from Easy Going today. They were a great Bay Area travel store and a regular stop for Travelers' Tales author events. I had been attending events, and reading there for ten…
Read more →Two Europe related items crossed my plate this week, and those of you budget-minded or indie travelers will be quite pleased with the finds. EuroCheapo.com If you're planning a trip to Europe and want to…
Read more →I love that the Travel Channel is featuring top photographers. They've started a section called Photo Journeys and so far they've got three artists represented including my friend Alison Wright . Each…
Read more →It seems like these are the two most prevalent marketing campaigns in the travel world right now. I'm hearing about them everywhere. So, I did a Google fight between them 7 Days in a Sentra: Just what the…
Read more →We writers are kind of particular sometimes, which can make it hard to find good gifts for writers. Here's a few great ideas from one writer to another. I've never been this excited about the holidays -…
Read more →By sheer happenstance I was surfing through Craigslist and found a collection of National Geographic magazines from 1985-2005. The seller was only asking for $25. The magazines are in top condition. I…
Read more →Mika Lepisto, has revived BootsnAll's Travel Gear Blog —and it's jamming. If you remember, our friend Joe Ehrlich started it a few years ago. Mika has given the site a makeover as a part of BnA's Logue…
Read more →Greetings, all. In the name of shameless self-promotion and keeping it all in the BootsnAll family, I'd like to officially announce the unofficial launch of the Adventure Travel Logue at…
Read more →Think you know everything about travel? Do you know what a billabong is? Or where Pike's Peak is located? Part of travel writing is identifying new and emerging trends and hot destinations. More than…
Read more →Travelers' Tales has joined up with ApplauseCast and entered the world of podcasting. For those of you just tuning in, a podcast is a broadcast that you can listen to on the internet, or download on to…
Read more →If you've ever been bored with the Travel Channel, TURN HERE. It's a super cool collection of video guidebooks. Turn Here: Short Films. Cool Places. With viral videos sweeping the Internet, it was only…
Read more →I randomly found this weird but interesting book feature this morning. Bed Books That's right, you can lay in bed, or on the couch, and not have to turn your neck, or the book, to get more comfortable. So…
Read more →My friends at Moleskinerie are launching a second WANDERING MOLESKINE PROJECT . I highly encourage writers and artists to participate. And lets give them some of our travel love! The first notebook will…
Read more →Is it a book? is it a movie? It's Marian. Daily Candy wrote up a bit about Marian Walker and LovelyBySurprise . All I know, is that I need a big sponsor like Lincoln to tout my books and make me a cool…
Read more →Waste Not Paper has great stationery. Because, you know, us writers can't correspond on just any kind of paper. Well, unless it's for a love letter. Given. However, this is a wholesale store. So, pretty…
Read more →My good friends at BootsnAll are achieving their long time dream of attending the World Cup. And now that I want to do more story leads on Written Road , I figured this one is a natural. So, if there are…
Read more →The new laptop was worthy of a new bag, and I'm getting heaps of compliments. It's a power sleeve from Booq . I got it at Melrose Mac in Burbank, but they're available online. Even if you don't have a…
Read more →Mobissimo , the company that I wrote up as the Google of Travel Searches in TIME a few years back, is out with a new feature. It's called the Activity Search . Instead of just punching in where and when…
Read more →This is more fun than responding to email. Literature Map Who else do Pico Iyer's readers read? Type in Pico Iyer and see what other authors come up. The result is a map of additional authors that are…
Read more →Rolf Potts likes to shit. Well, who doesn't. But I just wanted to say that as I was laughing at the opening of his latest work. Rolf just launched a new travel column with Yahoo! Yahooooooooo! It's called…
Read more →This is a story of travel tech problem solving. I held back from telling you about this last week because I wanted to see if it worked. And guess what, it does. My boyfriend and I were going to be staying…
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